Conveyer.



W. C. ANDERSON.

n CONVBYBa. APPLICATION FILED TELL?,

Patented Deo. 19, 1291i.

Z SHLETS-SEEET L WITNESS f S.

W. C. ANDERSON UNVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED IER?, 190B.

Piented Dec. 19, 1911.

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o a oww@ s. o o o 'aan WTNE'SISEAS- l i i i UNiTnr STATES PATENT Orman. i

WILLIAM C. ANDERLTJN. OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNOR TO ANDERSON-BARN- GRO'V'ER- MFG. CG., OF SANr JOSE, CALIFORNIA. A CORPORATICN OF CALIFORNIA.

CONVEYER.

Application led February To 117i wlmi/i it 'may concern:

lle it, lqnuwn that I. li'innmii C. Anni-1u- Speciieaton of Letters Patent.

sox, a lvier/.en of the United States. residing y at Sau Jose. in the county of Santa Clara and State of California. have invented cnr 1 lain new and useful improvements in Conmyers, of which the following a :specifi I cation.

My iuveniimi relaies tu the elass u'i emireyers especially for use in and adapted for machines tur treating', grading'. proeessiug ur i'rarel. wnfii i'fequires :i lnuseniug up of thev niaieriai. as for separation: ur the turning over and over ui' thev euinpmieuis ni' the niaterial. as im" ell'eet'fe wml-ingr: Or ilie lui-ii ing 0f pezinhes. in .sil'ijecl them :ill wer theirl surl'aee. lu the aeiioii of jets asprays of waier in arder tu reiume their pre.\iiusl disinielgraied is: fir the agitation of prunes4 aud finit?. in eli'eetirel-r `rade tlieui :ieeewliugg' 'to size. l du nui. hmrerer, ennfine nzjvself lo these uses. liul. l'ni' the fs'alie` nl' illiwrratiiin. i shun' and deseriliif uri' mu reyer in euniieeii-un willi au apparatus suitaliie fur removing' iiieprerinusl'r disinlfh `grated sliius nlx perirlies. h i' means nl jets or spr vs ni wa* t and. alsu. i'iir lf'urtlur illust ..i=ui. l 'indu-aie ils usi; as a grader ipr an): material refpiiriir;r a sizing lQepaize limi.

'l`lie main ohjeet ul' iu iuienliuu is tu proide iai' the. must elli-dife loosening up .ind turning ei 'the material. duringP its`adi'aiieeinem. so tual iis emnpmients shall lie preeiited tu the liest advantage i'ii whatever op- I:ration or nmuipulaiinu is tu he pia'lm'iued upon ilieni: aud. tu this end. un.' invention consists. in llui. novel euuvcvei: in' carrier whirl l shall hereinafter fully describe.

ln the accompanying' drawings, tu whieli ieierence is lieiebvi made. Figure l is a Side eleraluin. partly in sei-limi aufl lu'ulien. uf a'niaeliiue eiiibodji'ing iii um'el aiiiei'. Fig. 2 is a plan 0i the sainel Fie'. Sis a fragmentary detail. showing vthe hiutereur.

rent. fingers adapted iu iuui a g'ii'fr enuatesited Dee. if?, 1911.

7, i908. Serial No 114818.

l isla suitable fiainc upon which are umunied the parallel rolls 2 in au)Y suitabln uuuilier. running a linear series. .Cach roll 'has s ifi/:ed finii'ers fi which are fsu arranged l :e i.

that the fingers of ou@ roll pa: h v the rota lion ut' said rnll. between and threngh the interdigital spares of 'die adjacent rolls. and uizijf. ilierelure, properly be termed intereurreiuv lingers. llie iiullers I may be 'l'urineil with 0r attaelied in this rolls iii an)y suitalile manner. as. fr example. eauliliiiger or eaeh eireuui lereniial group utf ingeirs may have a hah i he whieli it is litted upon and hul) serving' als-n to .space the linejcrs in eircuiufercntal Series mi ihe rell. lhe huh l nia)Y cai-r3v one or more fingers. l, have here shown four fingers iu farli circumferential group. though more ur fewer may be used. The lingers may he of any suitable ii'mni 0r shape. with surtaees curved or straight, and the iulei'digital spares separating the groups may hear any propnrtiun tu the width of the lingers ilieiuselresas may lic required 'for 'llie partieular use oi" the (lvriee and the partieular f 'haraeter of the material lining treated. however. the special euiislriietinn uf the lingers illustrated iu Figs. 'i and Q ni' the drawing' is considered l0 he particu iarly desirable and adrantagjnnus iu suine eases.said lingers tapering; toward their outer end,` and haring oppositel)- curved material engaging edges. A\ll the rolls 2 are caused tu rotate in the aiuc direction, hy any suitable means. I have here .shown sprockets 5 mi ilie eud ui eacli roll, and a chain G for dririugl the sprueket. said chain being" itself drireu by a spruelcet on a Shaft h' haringv a drive-puller El.

1() represents an inclined feeder. the base l1 :if which is horizontal and is digitalvd. said hase lying iu the liuc ni the rolls and so arranged thai the iiugers nt' the firs roll pass np lli-tween the spares of the feeder-hase and will take the material therefrom.

liet-nre describing the particular use fur whieli the niaeliiue as liei'e illustrated is iiitended. l will point nui die operation of these lingered rvlls as applied to any use. 'ligeiheiz in linear series, these rails with euiftirr :ida pied lo reeeiije material at one point and transfer it to another point. The material, such as fruit. vegetables., nuts. and

' may he elaniped ur tasiened to theroli, .said v siaA their iiilereuireni lingers. fiiriu a (rari-ier m' m5 the like, passes downv the inclined feeder 10 and rests momentarily on the digitated dclivery edge or hase 1t of said feeder. lmn'lcdiately, the fingers of one row of the first roll rise through said base and pick np the material and carry or roll it forwardly a distance equal to the diameter of the circle of action of the firstroll. As these fingers, with their material, arrive at a horizontal on their downward path, the fingers of a row ot' the second roll have arrived at a horizontal on their upward path. The two rows are momentarily in the same plane and form a surface for the material. But as the finger row of the second roll rises. its lingers pick up the material, and again itv is advanced through a distance equal to the field of action of the second roll. and there it meets the fingers of a row of the third roll, by which it is once more picked up and advanced, and so forth throughout the whole series. ln this course of travel the material is kept well loosened and each individual component is turned over and over, but gently, and without injury; and the interdigital spaces are kept clear and there will he no clogging. The advantage of such a carrier or conveyer is well illustrated in machinesfor washing' or otherwise treating the material, either hy passing through a body of water or other liquid, or by spraying water upon it, either for mere washing, or for the purpose. by means of jets orsprays of water under pressure, of removing the previously disintegrated skin ot such fruit as peaches, for example. which require to be turned over and over in order to present all sides and surfaces to the peiiug jets. It is in this last connection that l here show said carrier.

12 represents a water pipe, provided with spray nozzles 13. This pipev receives its water from any suitable source, through a flexible connection 14. The water pipe is suspended by hangers 15 from cross rockshafts 16, carried in the, upper ends of standards 17 rising from the frame l, so that by the rocking movement of these cross-shafts, the water pipe may he vibratcd in the 'direction of the travel of the. peaches on the carrier. The object of this is to cause the water-jets to follow the peaches, so that the water will continue to play on them, and as little as possible be wasted; and to insure this economy, I provide for timing the movement of the water-jets to the movement of the peaches, and a quick return of raid jets' to their initial position, to again fallow the next advancing row of fruit. This is done as follows. Upon the drive shaft 8 is a gear wheel 18 which carries or `s formed with a four-pointed cam 19. In this cam plays a roller-studQO on the lo'fr end of a lever 9.1 which is pivoted at 225 to a crank-arm 23, said arm being secured at its upper end to the rock-shaft- 16 at the foot of the machine. The upper end of the lever 21 is connected by a link Q4 to a crank-pin 25 on a small pinion 26 and outer courses, it is apparent that; the

water-pipe in its movementI toward the foot of the machine will havearelativelyslower speed and can be timed to the travel of the peaches, thereby causing its jets to follow then1,and in its return movement; said pipe will have a relatively quicker speed; and, finally, it willbe observed, that by means of the small pinion 2G and its crank and compound lever connection with the arm 23 of the rock-shaft, the vWater-pipe, duringits main reciprocation, has imparted to itA a quick shaking movement, which is 'of advantage in playing its jets or. the peaches.

Returning to the conveyer or carrier formed hy the rolls 2 with theirv intercurrent fing. rs 3. it must be noted that instead of having fixed side-guards between which it operates, I provide for a reduction of friction and the elimination of possible injury to the fruit. alongr the edges of the conveyor, by making these si. .eguards themselves movable, thereby forming, as it were, hopper sides, which travel in the same direction as the fingered-rolls. This is effected by the solid disks 28 on the ends of the rolls 2. These disks overlap in series, and will he made of thin metal, so that they will readily adjust themselves with relation to each other. Y

The use of the carrier 'as a `grader is illustrated in the fragmentary detail in Fig. 3, wherein the intercurring fingers are narrow compared with the intel-digital spaces, so that. the prunes or nuts or other material will be separated according to size, the smaller dropping through, while the larger will bc carried along to the footof the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettels' Patent is 1. A carrier to support and advance material comprising a series of rotatable rolls with intercurrent fingers, a. feeder having a terminal material supporting edge formed of fingers so spaced with relation to the fingers of the adjacent carrier roll that the fingers of said carrier roll are adapted to pass through the spaces between the fingers of the feeder and lift the material't'herefrom.

2. The combination of a carrier, a feeder soy llt)

and overlapping euch other to form moving: side guards for said carrier. l

4- A material supporting carrier and guards extending along?1 the sides of the carrier, each Comprising nV plurality'of'ntzltable members overlapping erichl other.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two `Qubscribing witnesses, v'

XVILLIAM C. ANDERSON.

'itnesses 731. F. BOOTH, e D. B. l wmmns. 

